Primary Ventures has closed a $625 million Fund V, focused on seed investing nationwide. This is a sizeable fund for a firm that focuses solely on early-stage investing, and it perhaps showcases how the size of early-stage rounds has dramatically…
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify achieved a record number of users last quarter. This growth was driven by its popular year-end “Wrapped” campaign, which provides users with personalized listening statistics, and by new features on its free service tier. The…
YouTube is rolling out a new AI-powered playlist generation feature for Premium users on iOS and Android. This tool allows subscribers to create playlists using simple text or voice prompts. To get started, users can go to the Library tab,…
The most seductive narrative in American work culture right now isn’t that AI will take your job. It’s that AI will save you from it. That is the version the industry has spent the last three years selling to millions…
As artificial intelligence data centers contribute to rising electricity prices, a London-based startup named Tem believes AI can also be part of the solution. Tem has developed an energy transaction engine that uses AI to secure lower prices compared to…
India is integrating Aadhaar, the world’s largest digital identity system, more deeply into everyday private life through a new app and an offline verification framework. This move raises significant questions about security, consent, and the broader use of the massive…
Waymo has removed the human safety driver from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville. This move brings the Alphabet-owned company closer to launching a robotaxi service in the city this year. Waymo has been testing in Nashville for months. Riders…
As Anthropic expands into India, a local software company has filed a court complaint saying it was already using the name “Anthropic.” This situation spotlights how the rapid global push of AI firms can collide with local incumbents. The filing…
On Monday, Databricks announced it reached a $5.4 billion revenue run rate, growing 65% year-over-year. More than $1.4 billion of that total was generated by its AI products. Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi shared these growth numbers to counter widespread…
Social network Bluesky is finally rolling out one of its users’ most-requested features: drafts. Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported the ability to write drafts, which is seen as a baseline feature for services like this. Users can…
